2019-2020 EU Association Agreement implementation action plan presented
The Association Agreement signed between Georgia and the EU on June 27, 2014, as well the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area deal fully entered into force on July 1, 2016. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian parliament has presented the action plan of the implementation of the EU Association Agreement (EUAA) for 2019-2020, defining the parliament’s activities in the process.
The parliamentary role will cover legislative activities, oversight of the EUAA implementation and a public awareness campaign on EU integration.
The body has been tasked to bring the country’s legislation into line with 346 EU directives, 213 regulations, 57 decisions and 31 recommendations as for 2020.
The presentation was supported by EU and UNDP and was attended by MPs, civil society and diplomatic missions.Photo: Parliament's press office.
The new action plan creates the legislative frame for development of respective laws related to EUAA implementation and oversight,” head of Parliament’s EU Integration Committee Tamar Khulordava said.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze claimed that with the successful implementation of the action plan “we leave a positive heritage to the next parliament and a solid foundation for further progress in the EUAA implementation.”
EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell stated that the parliament plays a key role in EUAA oversight and democratic reforming.
The UNDP Chief of Georgia Mission, Louisa Vinton said that it is the paramount document which provides measures for the country’s advancement on its EU path.
EU-Georgia Association Parliamentary Committee, which discusses and assesses progress in the EU-Georgia relations, has held its eight meeting in Strasbourg yesterday and praised the progress achieved by Georgia between 2014 and 2018.
The third Association Implementation report released by Euroepan Commission says that Georgia's Association Agreement commitments, including its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, have been implemented in line with agreed timelines.
The process for changing one’s surname has been made more difficult with the amendments prepared by the Ministry of Justice and passed by the Georgian parliament. The new regulations will help the Georgian government to easily identify citizens who violate visa free travel rules while the current law allows a person to change one’s surname 25 times or more on different grounds.
Today is one of the most important days for Georgia on its European Union (EU) integration path as the country’s Association Agreement (AA) with the EU is fully and officially coming into force.
Eighty per cent of Georgians feel relations with the EU are good, while 71 per cent of people in Georgia trust the EU, a recent survey funded by the EU reads.
Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, three Eastern Partnership countries, have signed a joint statement on the creation of a format of the EU plus the three countries for sectoral integration in transport, energy and other fields and to have full access to four liberties of the EU - free movement of goods, services, capital and the labour force. The statement, which has been signed earlier today on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava, has been handed to a High Representative of the EU.